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Spinning top
Queensland Museum Network
Brisbane, Australia
Spinning top, fashioned out of a volcanic ash stone. This object features red and blue trim, and three fiigures which include a hammerhead shark, ray and turtle on upper surface.
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Details
- Title: Spinning top
- Location: Mer Island, Murray Islands, Torres Strait
- Provenance: Queensland Museum
- See at Queensland Museum : http://www.awakening.qm.qld.gov.au/
- Photographer: Davies, Authur Oliver Cromwell
- Format / Medium of Object: One recreation activity was top spinning. Competitions were confined to Mer, and held by senior men. The person who could spin the top for the longest time won. Special Kolap sons were sung while they were spinning.
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